Alvarion BreezeACCESS VL 5.4 System Manual page 82

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Continuous Link Quality Display (SU only)
The Continuous Link Quality Display option displays continuously
updated information regarding the quality of the received signal using
Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) measurements.
Click any key to abort the test.
MAC Address Database
MAC Address Database in AU
The MAC Address Database option in the AU displays information
regarding the Subscriber Units associated with the AU as well as bridging
(forwarding) information. The following options are available:
♦ Display Bridging and Association Info: The Display Bridging and
Association Info option displays a list of all the Subscriber Units and
stations in the AU's Forwarding Database. For stations behind an SU,
the SU's MAC address is also displayed (SU Address).
Each MAC address entry is followed by a description, which may
include the following:
Et (Ethernet): An address learned from the Ethernet port.
Vp (Virtual port): An address of a node behind an associated SU.
For these addresses, learned from the wireless port, the address of
the applicable SU is also displayed (in parenthesis).
St (Static): An associated SU. For these entries, the SW version of
the SU is also displayed.
Sp (Special): 5 addresses that are always present, which include:
♦ The MAC address of the AU, which appears twice as it is
♦ Alvarion's Multicast address (01:20:D6:00:00:01, which also
♦ The Ethernet Broadcast address (FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF).
In addition, a summary table displays information about the
Forwarding Database (Bridging Info) and the Associated Subscriber
Units Database (Association Info). Each database includes the
following information:
The current number of entries. For Bridging Info this includes the
Et (Ethernet) and the Vp (Virtual ports) entries. For Association Info
this is the number of currently associated SUs.
learned from both the Ethernet and wireless ports.
appears twice. The system treats this address as a Broadcast
address.
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